I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
BILL PARCELLSThe quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.
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I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
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No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, ‘Do you think I’m Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?’ After that, they called me Tuna.
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If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
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Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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There’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not proud of those.
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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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